Horoscopes: Saturday, July 9, 2022

ARIES (March 21-April 19). A foreign place will capture your curiosity. Whether you travel there in person or go there in your mind through study, media or fantasy, the experience will be a thrill. When it’s time to leave, you’ll take something of it with you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll disagree with someone and still basically get along. You communicate well, which sometimes means not saying a word, and always means chiming in with topics likely to uplift.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Though you’ve met people with similar senses of humor, it’s the ones you knew when that sense was developing who have not a similar sense but the same sense of humor. Reconnect with them.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Remember when you were in survival mode? You’re thankful not to be there and yet the lessons are still relevant. Survival mode has its advantages. Attention is paid to what matters. Nonsense assumes its proper size.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Things have gotten convoluted. You may not even be sure how you got here, but the next step is simpler than it seems. There’s something you need to stop and something you need to start. You sense what it is. It’s time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Here comes a call to action. Don’t wonder if you have what it takes, just answer the call in the affirmative, or better yet, get immediately into action without saying a word. Pretending to be brave leads to real bravery.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The research you do before you leap will save you from a dish you don’t prefer. Peruse the menu of life before you order with a special eye to the price. Events, jobs and people can be much more “expensive” than one might guess.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You don’t seek out difficult people and neither do you avoid them, because you want what they teach, even if the lesson is just how to be patient or how not to live. Difficult people hone your humanity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The journey won’t always add up, make sense or proceed in a straight line. If it did, you’d become bored and disheartened. You thrive with novelty and surprise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It follows that anything assisting you to discover and explore the unexpressed self is a real blessing. Enlarge your circle of influence through education and conversation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It may feel like you are singing a beautiful song to people with no ear for music. Keep singing anyway. To expose people to something new is a gift. People need to hear a thing many times to understand it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To admit your fear and uncertainty takes a special sort of superpower, the one that is almost never lauded among the Titans, and that is the superpower of vulnerability. Only the strong can perform such a courageous feat.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 9). This year is a fun surprise box, and you’ll adapt to any circumstance. You’ll look for opportunity no matter what. Through repetition and training you become a talent to be reckoned with. More highlights: a mystery solved with a treasured friend; a message to the world sent in an unusual way; a memoir that makes an impact. Gemini and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 21, 8, 17 and 12.